Barrel-cover.



Patented Nov. 5, |901.

J. F? MORIN.

BARREL CVER.

(Application led July 22, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH F. MORIN, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

-BARREL- COVER.

SPECIFCATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,108, dated November5, 1901.

Application filed July 22, 1901.

To all whom t may concer-12,:

Be it known that I, JosErH F. MORIN, of Lawrence, in the county of Essexand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Barrel-Covers, of which the following is aspecification.

'This invention has for its object to provide a barrel-cover which shallpermit a ready inspection of a sample of the contents of the barrelwhile covering or concealing the bulk of said contents contained in thebarrel and shall at the same time permit ready access to the interior ofthe barrel for the purpose of removing the contents thereof.

The invention'consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l represents a side view ofthe barrel-cover embodying myinvention, a part of the supporting-flange being broken away.' Fig. 2represents a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the opposite side of thecover. Fig. 3 represents a section on line 3 3 of Figs. land 2, showingin dotted lines a portion of the barrel to which the cover is applied.Fig. 4 ,represents a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the sample-holdingtray displaced to permit access to the inte rior of the barrel. Fig. 5represents a top View of a portion of the barrel-cover.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figuresof the drawings.

The body portion of my improved cover is composed of an annular toppiece A, formed to rest upon the upper end of a barrel B and having acentral circular opening A', which is surrounded by a seat A?. To theouter margin of the annular piece A is affixed a vertical circulariiange A3, which incloses the upper end of the barrel and may be hingedor otherwise secured thereto.

C represents a circular tray formed to enter the opening A' and havingat its upper end an outwardly-projecting lip or flange C', adapted tobear upon the seat A2, as indicated in Fig. 3. The said flange C isconneoted with the top portion Aby means of a hinge D, which permits thetray to be swung outwardly, as indicated in Fig. 4, thus uncovering theopening A and permitting acs cess t0 the interior of the barrel. Thetray serial No. 69,199. A on man.)

is provided with a transparent cover C2, which is preferably a circularpane of glass held in place by means of a Iiange C3 and a rolled edgeC4, suitably connected with the body of the tray, the flange C8 beingpreferably movable to permit a broken pane to be removed and a new onesubstituted therefor. In this case the iiange Ca is formed on a band C5,which bears against the inner surface of the body of the tray and hasoverlapping ends, which are secured to the body of the tray by means ofa bolt C6. The bottom C7 of the tray is hinged to the body `portionthereof at C8 and is provided at its swinging edge with a catch memberO9, adapted to engage a complemental catch member C10, af-

xed to the body of the tray, the catch member C, as here shown, having aslot C12 formed to receive the member C10. The member C has sufficientelasticity to enable it to engage the member C10 and hold the bottom C7against the body of the tray, as shown in Fig. 3. When it is desired toempty or fill the tray C, the tray is swung over toward the left, asviewed in Figs. 3 and 4, until it is in a substantially horizontalposition, the bottom C7 being then the topof the tray. Said bottom maynow be opened and the tray charged with the desired sample, after whichthe bottom C7 is closed and the tray restored to the position shown inFig. 3. The contents of the tray are now visible through the transparenttop C2.

It will be seen that' the tray serves not only as a holder to expose toview and separate from the main body of the contents of the barrel asample of said contents, but also as a hinged cover or closure for theopening in the barrel-engaging portion of the cover.

The flange C of the tray may be provided with a handle E to enable it tobe conveniently opened and closed and with a holder F, adapted tocontain a label designating the contents of the barrel.

It Will be observed that the tray depends from the iiange, and thusenables the transparent cover to be located flush with or be loW theannular top piece, and thus reduces liability of damage to the tray, andowing to this construction the hinge which connects the iange to the toppiece permits the tray to be swung up and over to a substantially hori-IOC zontal position above the top piece, as above stated, thus enablingthe hinged bottom of the tray, which then comes uppermost, to beConveniently opened and left open While the contents 0f the tray arebeing removed or replaced. This position of the tray holds it irmly andenables the user to neatly or fancifully arrange the contents thereof.

I claim- YA barrel-cover comprising an annular top piece adapted to reston the top of a barrel and having a seat at its inner margin and adownwardly-projecting flange at its outer margin, a tray having a Iiangeformed to bear on said seat, said tray depending from the ange, and ahinge set back from the edge of the seat and connecting said flange tothe top piece and adapted to permit the tray to be swung up and over toa substantially horizontal position above the top piece, the tray havinga transparent top and a hinged bottom.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

JOSEPH F. MORIN.

Witnesses:

C. F. BROWN, E. BATCHELDER.

